Hypertufa pots bring a focal point and singular charm to the patio, balcony or wherever they are placed.
Do-it-yourself faux-stone containers bring a mini-garden to any setting. This arrangement of cactus and succulents was on display at the U.S. Botanic Garden for a class on making so-called hypertufa containers. By Adrian Higgins Adrian Higgins Gardening columnist Email Bio Follow March 27 Once you get past their odd name, the homemade faux-stone planters known as hypertufa containers have a place in any garden and make for a perfect spring project.
But be warned. “They’re like potato chips,” trough guru Lori Chips said. In other words, the first you savor won’t be the last. She is the author of “Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden,” published in July by Timber Press. Participants in a recent workshop at the botanic garden learned about the ingredients used to create the cement-based containers as well as the soil recipe to grow dry loving plants. Finished containers are also shown. Equipment and materials You’ll want a wheelbarrow or soil mixing tub, a large trowel, old clothes, and latex gloves, plus thin plastic sheeting, such as a drop cloth. A protective dust mask wouldn’t go amiss, either.
To give the trough added strength and durability, Chips likes to add synthetic fiber mesh — it looks like long coconut shavings, which masons add to fortify cement and prevent microcracking. The ingredients must be thoroughly mixed when dry and clumps of peat moss worked into a powder or discarded.
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